muse ✨'s manga / #reencounter(186)

A 40-something owner of a sandal shop who has pretty much given up on love finds it in his new assistant, a high school student who shares a last name with the sempai he’d once loved.

Taira's sense of smell leads him to the person he likes, but they don't hit it off right away. The assault warning is for the main story. Chapter 5 is a ride: a guy obsessed with someone he can't have (his brother), so he gets plastic surgery to look more like him.

two boys who grew up in the same orphanage reunite as rivals of member gangs. absolutely beautiful art, but story didn’t click with me.

High school classmates reunite as coworkers and S&M playmates. Some sweet moments. Features a quick side story with the club owner that actually made me feel something.

Three years after they stopped sleeping together, rival idols are forced to reunite when they’re paired for a film. Spin-off to the one about the guy who fell for an idol’s younger brother.

A couple of butlers who had dated years earlier in the school reunite when they are employed by the same family. After a brief standoffish relationship, Aki fends off constant marriage proposals. I’ve read several other things by this author but this had no emotional appeal for me. I didn’t like either character or care about the relationship. Their boss was probably the best character. I didn’t feel like the author’s heart was in this.